Former La Mennais Community House, 23 Beaconsfield Road, Liverpool, L25 6EE Data via plota.co.uk

24F/1683 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

To erect 3 storey 18 unit apartment building, 2 new detached dwelling houses following demolition of existing residential building with associated landscaping and parking. *additional/amended plans and information submitted* Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 08:18

Application progress

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Received

19 Jun 2024

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Validated

1 Jul 2024

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Committee

9 Sept 2025

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Approved

22 Jun 2026

Approved on 22 Jun 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Liverpool Planning Committee on 9 Sept 2025.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Residents objected over traffic, parking, green space, privacy, affordable housing, viability and the proposed intensification of the site.
The committee voted unanimously to approve the application subject to a legal agreement and conditions.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, speakers, committee discussion, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Liverpool's committee minutes of 9 Sept 2025.

Documents 113

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Officer Report PDF Committee Report · 22 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice · 22 Jun 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 39

Plans & drawings 69

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Redacted Application Forms/Certificates · 26 Jun 2024 View ↗

Site constraints 5

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Beacon Hill, Grade II, about 3 m from the postcode pin · 3 Grade II

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Show all 3 with distances

3 mBeacon HillGrade II
99 mBeaconsfield and the CottageGrade II
114 mAbbots Lea (Original Mansion Only)Grade II

Historic England ↗

Air quality management area: Liverpool City AQMA

The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.

Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.

Council record ↗

Also on the record

Inside the Liverpool built-up area; Tree preservation order about 21 m away: To the south of the site adjacent to Abbot's Lea School.; Priority habitat about 38 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Liverpool
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: L25 6EE
Received: 19 Jun 2024
Validated: 1 Jul 2024
Ward: Woolton Village
Parish: Woolton Village
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 30 Sept 2024
Decision: Approved with Conditions
Decision date: 22 Jun 2026
Decision level: Planning Committee
Applicant: Show
Agent: Zerum

How this decision compares

Decided in 721 days from validation, 665 days slower than Liverpool's median of 56 for demolitions. Approved, as 86% of demolitions here are.

This one721d

Council56d

UK56d

52%decided within 8 weeks

86%approved

8%go to committee

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Liverpool in the last twelve months, from validation. Liverpool decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 30 Sept 2024

Historical activity at this location

19 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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To carry out minor internal alterations to the second floor to form one large storeroom.

25L/2142 12 Aug 2025

2025

Palmerston School Beaconsfield Road, Liverpool, L25 6EE

To install a 2.4m high black mesh fence around an area of the school to be used as a fore…

25F/1851 7 Jul 2025

2025 Approved

Palmerston School Beaconsfield Road, Liverpool, L25 6EE

To carry out tree works.

25T/0412 20 Feb 2025

2023 Approved

Palmerston School Beaconsfield Road, Liverpool, L25 6EE

To partially demolish vacant area of Special Education Needs (SEN) School to create horti…

23F/3122 29 Nov 2023

2023 Approved

2b Beaconsfield Road, Liverpool, L25 6EE

To vary conditions 2and 10 and remove condition 4 attached to application number 22F/3263…

23F/2488 29 Sep 2023

2023 Approved

Palmerston School Beaconsfield Road, Liverpool, L25 6EE

To retain 2.4m high paladin fence in black and 1.2m high powder coated railings to the no…

23F/2122 4 Aug 2023

2023 Approved

2b Beaconsfield Road, Liverpool, L25 6EE

To discharge condition 4 attached to application number 22F/3263.

23DIS/1517 26 Jul 2023

2022 Approved

2b Beaconsfield Road, Liverpool, L25 6EE

To vary condition 2 attached to 19F/3218 (To erect a new dwelling house) so as to make ch…

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2021 Approved

St Gabriels Lodge, Liverpool, L25 6EE

To extend and refurbish St Gabriels Lodge in connection with creation of a single dwelling

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2022

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To erect two temporary single storey buildings adjacent to existing school buildings. for…

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Abbots Lea School Beaconsfield Road, Liverpool, L25 6EE

To erect 3m high mesh fencing to front and side *Amended site location plan submitted*

22F/1531 27 May 2022

2021 Approved

2b Beaconsfield Road, Liverpool, L25 6EE

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To dischrge conditions 13 + 24 attached to 16F/2950

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2018

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Strawberry Field, Beaconsfield Road, Woolton, Liverpool, L25 6EJ

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Liverpool

Planning Authority Score

4.8/10

Below average

#160 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Liverpool ranks #165 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Liverpool decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

85%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #209 of 296

92%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #157 of 296

62%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #165 of 296

39%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #138 of 296

68%

Minor dwellings approved

47 decided (1-9 homes)

82%

Major dwellings approved

17 decided (10+ homes)

61%

Change of use approved

195 decided

1,478

Total decisions

222 refused in the year to March 2026

Former La Mennais Community House, 23 Beaconsfield Road, Liverpool, L25 6EE Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Planning committee

Documents 113

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 39

Plans & drawings 69

Application forms 1

Other documents 2

Site constraints 5

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